Inspector Docs Callouts

Inspector is the localhost overlay that shows Threads, Agents, and Learning. Every shipped pane that a reader can use must have a docs pointer. The pointer tells the reader to open Inspector and look at that pane.

When To Use

Load this skill when:

• A pane, tab, or overlay action is added, renamed, or removed in Inspector
• A docs page teaches a feature that Inspector already shows
• A PR touches both Inspector source and product docs

Do not load it for icon, ping, layout, or copy-only Inspector changes that do not add a pane. Those UI changes use inspector-workbench.

If the same change also edits Inspector UI, load inspector-workbench as well and start the standalone lab.

Procedures

Procedure 1: Map a shipped pane to docs

1. Name the shipped pane using the label the reader sees in Inspector.
2. If mapping a pane, read references/pane-map.md before proceeding.
3. If the pane is not shipped, stop. Do not add a Callout.
4. If the map already has a page, open that page and confirm the Callout names this pane and what success looks like.
5. If the map has no page, add a Callout on the matching shared root docs page, or write no page yet in the map. Do not invent a page.
6. Update references/pane-map.md in the same change.

Procedure 2: Remove a pane

1. If removing a pane, read references/pane-map.md before proceeding.
2. Remove the Callout from the mapped page.
3. Delete the map row.

Procedure 3: Quickstart sanity-check step

The default web quickstart includes a numbered step after the first chat:

1. Agents then Agent: the agent is listed.
2. Send a chat message. Agents then AG-UI Events: events are moving.
3. Threads: unlocked, or locked with Enable Intelligence.

Angular uses the shared step snippet, like every other web frontend: @copilotkit/angular auto-mounts a pinned @copilotkit/web-inspector, so there is no install step to link (OSS-948). React Native and Channels do not get this step at all.

Decision Tree

• Inspector pane added, renamed, or changed:
  • If the pane is not shipped: stop
  • Else: Procedure 1
• Inspector pane removed: Procedure 2
• Quickstart or first-run docs: Procedure 3
  • If a pane is also new: Procedure 1

Red Flags

Signal	What it means	Do instead
Callout names Playground, Fork, emit events, or another unshipped idea	Docs would advertise work that is not in the overlay	Stop. Record the idea under Unshipped in references/pane-map.md
"Click the Inspector button" on React Native or Channels	Those surfaces have no web overlay	Skip the Open Inspector step
Callout names a pane the overlay does not show	The pointer is a lie	Rewrite the Callout to a shipped pane, or remove it

Error Handling

• Pane is not shipped: halt. Do not add a Callout for Playground, Fork, emit events, or other unshipped work.
• No matching docs page: record no page yet in the map. Do not create a new docs section unless the user asked for one.
• Non-web surface (React Native, Channels): do not add "click the Inspector button".
• Callout names a pane the overlay does not show: rewrite the Callout or remove it.